yellow banana 🍌
Sep 11, 2024
What does that mean?
There’s a note under employment based chart that said:
*Employment Third Preference Other Workers Category: Section 203(e) of the Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act (NACARA) passed by Congress in November 1997, as amended by Section 1(e) of Pub. L. 105-139, provides that once the Employment Third Preference Other Worker (EW) cut-off date has reached the priority date of the latest EW petition approved prior to November 19, 1997, the 10,000 EW numbers available for a fiscal year are to be reduced by up to 5,000 annually beginning in the following fiscal year. This reduction is to be made for as long as necessary to offset adjustments under the NACARA program. Since the EW final action date reached November 19, 1997 during Fiscal Year 2001, the reduction in the EW annual limit to 5,000 began in Fiscal Year 2002. For Fiscal Year 2025 this reduction will be limited to approximately 150.
Does this mean Fiscsl Year 2025 will get only 150 approvals in totals?
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Just A Cat Waiting For GCSep 11, 2024
From my understanding, it only means "the reduction" is around 150 max, leaving total visas to 9850. It is nonsense to have only 150 approvals given this huge retrogression and that they moved the filing date. Feel free to correct me
yellow banana 🍌 Sep 11, 2024
I think you’re right. It makes more sense now.
Matt BSep 11, 2024
It's about an old program that transferred the EB3 visa quota to another program. This is no longer relevant, don't worry, it doesn't affect the visa bulletin at all.
EB3 Other WorkersSep 11, 2024
Nothing important to us.
